This decision was also supported by Italian Prime Minister Draghi and German Chancellor Scholz.
Germany, France, Italy and Romania support the rapid granting of Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership in the European Union. This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron after the meeting of the heads of these four states with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, BFMTV reports.
“All four of us support the immediate status of a candidate for membership,” Macron said.
< His words, in turn, were confirmed by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi
“Today, the most important message of our meeting is that Italy wants to see Ukraine as part of the European Union. This means that it will unequivocally support Ukraine in its candidate status and further membership in the EU,” he said.
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In addition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed support for the decision to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.
“We arrived in Kyiv with a clear message – Ukraine belongs to the European family. An important step on the preconditioning European path is the status of a candidate for EU membership. And we will talk about this in the coming days … Germany will support a positive decision. and the Republic of Moldova, “Scholz said.
Before meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Romanian President Klaus Johannis < strong> visited Irpin, made a few more statements .
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